ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

California Town Sinks 2 Feet Per Year; Here’s Why Corcoran Slowly Turns Into Sinkhole

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 05.25.2021 23:35 PM

The town of Corcoran in San Joaquin, California has been slow sinking for 14 years as agricultural companies continue to pump underground water to irrigate crops.

Climate Change May Have Caused Major Population Collapse of Amazon Indigenous People 400 Years Before European Arrival

05.25.2021 06:40 AM

Researchers found that climate change impacts have been felt in the Amazon rainforest long before the arrival of Europeans arrived in America, which means that the population of indigenous people may have declined before the "Great Dying."

Highly Infectious H5N8 Bird Flu Virus Now in 46 Countries, Can It Be the Next Pandemic? Scientists Who Warn of COVID-19 Sees Possibility

05.25.2021 01:02 AM

H5N8 bird flu virus is emerging as the next public health concern, affecting 46 countries. The outbreak has led to the slaughter of millions of birds worldwide since 2020.

Whitewater River Loud Noise Affects Hunting of Birds While Bats Switch to Echolocation

05.25.2021 00:06 AM

New research recently found birds and bats frequently avoid an environment that's swamped with a loud noise coming from the whitewater river.

Clownfish Develop Stripes At Different Rates Depending on How Toxic Their Sea Anemone Hosts

05.24.2021 23:21 PM

How did Nemo get his stripes? The real story of the travels of this famous clownfish is much more fascinating and mysterious than the movie.

Greenland Ice Sheet Leaking Dangerous Levels of Mercury Into Rivers and Waterways

05.24.2021 22:15 PM

Researchers determined that roughly 42 tonnes of mercury are being exported to Greenland rivers, fjords, and waterways due to glacial movement and melting.

Newest Icelandic Volcano Hosts Perfect Conditions to Replicate Martian Environment

05.24.2021 21:00 PM

The birth of the world's newest volcano isn't only providing clues to the secrets of the world but also hosts the perfect inhospitable environment to replicate the Martian environment.

Trove of Prehistoric Remains Including a Spiked Teeth Monster Salmon Accidentally Found in California

05.24.2021 07:20 AM

A ranger naturalist going across a California petrified forest discovered a trove of prehistoric remains, including a well-preserved mastodon skull and an immensely huge salmon.

Yuan Longping, the "Father of Hybrid Rice," Dies at 90; Here's How He Changed the World

05.24.2021 06:52 AM

The Chinese scientist known as the "Father of Hybrid Rice," whose lifelong work helped improve food security and quality around the world, dies at 90.

Unique Plant Produces Odor Similar to Dead Insects Attracting, Trapping Coffin Flies

05.24.2021 06:38 AM

A unique plant in Greece was recently found to be producing odor like that of decaying insects, perhaps a strategy to entice and eventually trap coffin flies.

Kola Superdeep Borehole: Soviets Dug World's Deepest Human-Made Hole

05.24.2021 05:00 AM

The team drilled a hole nearly 5 miles (8,000 m) below the Pacific Ocean's surface to study the region's earthquake history.

Salamander-Sized Amphibian Fossils That Lived 252 Million Years Ago, Excavated Before COVID-19 Crisis

05.22.2021 21:10 PM

Pandemic paleontology means doing all the preparations and analyses of excavated samples at home. Meaning, even this global health crisis did not stop paleontologists from doing their job.

How Microbes Evolved to Complex Life Forms on Earth?

05.22.2021 07:41 AM

Research suggests that the dehydration and rehydration of AHAs forming polyester could be the backbone to the evolution of microbes to complex lifeforms on a juvenile Earth.

Human Language 'Missing Link' Vocalization Identified by Linguistic Researchers

05.22.2021 07:32 AM

Linguistic researchers say that iconic vocalizations representing various words for human survival are the missing link between human languages and could have served as the first building blocks of early man's languages.

Hottest Spot on Earth: Iran's Lut Desert Beats Death Valley With Temperature Reaching 80°C

05.22.2021 06:50 AM

Death valley no longer holds the title of the hottest spot on Earth as Iran's Lut Desert and North America's Sonoran Desert have recorded higher temperatures in the past 20 years. Among the two deserts, the Lut Desert is the hottest.

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